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rTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN OFLAHERTY, OF LACHINE, QUEBEC, CANADA.

MEDICAL COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,007, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed December 13, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

* Be it known that I, JOHN OFLAHERTY, of

Lachine, in the county of Jacques Cartier, in

the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Can- 5 ada, haveinventod anew and Improved Medical Compound to be Used for the Treatment of Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago, Sciatica, and other Aii'ections, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

10 Hy composition consists of the following ingredients, combined in the proportions stated, viz: powdered sulphur, one pound; hierapicra,one-iourth of an ounce. These ingredients are to be thoroughly mixed.

15 In using the above-named composition, it is packed in a belt of buckskin or other suitable material, and the said belt is then buckled or No s ecimens.)

otherwise secured around the waist of the patient, when the warmth and moisture of the body will slowly decompose the compound and 2' the skin will absorb it, so that it will be carried by the circulation through all parts of the body and allowed to act upon the affected parts.

Having thus fully described my invention, I 2 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The herein described medical compound, consisting of powdered sulphur and hierapiera, in substantially the proportions specified. 3

JOHN OFLAHERTY.

Vitnesses:

ROBERT CURRY, ELZEAR GOYER. 

